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Manson Moved To Higher Security For Dealing Drugs

August 21, 1997

Charles Manson has been moved to a high-security unit after getting caught dealing drugs.

The move severely limits Manson's access to other inmates. He will be allowed out of his cell only for treatment sessions and for showers and solitary exercise, and will not have a cell mate, prison spokesman Domingo Uribe said.

Manson, convicted in 1971 of the first-degree murders of seven people, was transported from Corcoran State Prison to Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, Calif. early Tuesday morning, officials said.

The 63-year-old Manson was assigned to the prison's unit after he was found guilty of trafficking drugs, a felony charge, in June. He also tested positive for drugs twice, state Department of Corrections officials said.